In 2007, Sean O'Sullivan, one of the founders of MapInfo, graciously made a donation to his alma mater, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy...
Ever wonder what you get when you leverage the power of the open source culture to combat global warming? I didn't. Until I heard about Coalition of...
The FreeMED Software Foundation has been involved with a medical clinic and teaching project in Guatemala for some time. The project, hosted by Pop-...
One of the challenges of working in the space between academia and open source communities is translating the cultural and timescale differences. One...
This is an old story--two years old, to be specific. But it was new to me when I heard it at LinuxCon, and it was new to a lot of others in the room...
"As much as I like the concept of open source in car manufacturing I don't think it will be a viable one, the costs will be too high to bear, this kind of project needs serious funding until the managers will be able to stimulate the demand. One...
